Fünf CDs mit europäischer Musik vom Mittelalter bis
heute, die thematisch zu Weihnachten passt, gespielt und gesungen
von weltbekannten Interpreten wie dem Concentus musicus, Alsfelder
Vokalensemble, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Gustav Leonhardt, Franz
Lehrndorfer u.a.
Die meisten der klassischen Werke, die Prof. Lehrndorfer an der
neuen großen Orgel der Münchner Frauenkirche spielt,
beziehen sich direkt auf Weihnachten. So J. S. Bachs Choralvorspiele
(In dulci jubilo u.a.) und Lehrndorfers eigene Choralvorspiele
und Improvisationen. Passend zur Weihnachtsstimmung ist auch die
Auswahl von Orgelwerken weniger bekannter Komponisten wie Murschhauser
(1663-1738), Metsch (1700-1778), Grünberger (1756-1820),
Guilmant (1837-1911) sowie dem Orgelmeister Karg-Elert (1877-1933).
In jedem Fall eine musikalische Entdeckungsreise.
the project
Celestial Harmonies continues its tradition of presenting
a special collection of Christmas music in Celestial Christmas
5, a beautiful and moving collection of seasonal organ music performed
by Professor Franz Lehrndorfer on the new organ in
the Dome Frauenkirche at Munich, Germany. It is, without
doubt, one of the largest and most technically sophisticated organs
ever built and is considered a sonic spectacular by those who have
heard it. This awesomely powerful and moving sound is produced by
7,165 pipes ranging in height from two millimeters (less than 1/10
inch), to the largest, an incredible eighteen meters (approximately
sixty feet), making the organ's overall size comparable to a six story
building. At a cost of millions of dollars, the organ was built over
three years as part of the first major reconstruction work performed
on the Dome since the devastating bombing of World War II.
This truly historic and innovative digital recording
is the first made on the new organ. Completed over the course of three
weeks by lifelong friends, engineer and producer Ulrich Kraus
and Franz Lehrndorfer, it was recorded
at night with the organ's master builder, Georg Jann,
constantly on hand to provide tuning expertise.
Through his classical variation and compositional techniques,
Professor Franz Lehrndorfer articulates the music
of Böhm, Bach, Murschhauser,
Metsch, Grünberger, Guilmant,
and Karg-Elert, as well as his own compositions.
Böhm helped to develop the Choralvorspiel,
or Choral Prelude, and so influenced and taught much to Bach,
who superseded the labors of his predecessors and contemporaries.
Two of Bach's Choral Preludes, BWV 605
and BWV 608, are included in this outstanding release.
the artist
Celestial Christmas 5 is one of the most powerfully
recorded releases of seasonal organ music ever to be heard. It is
performed by Professor Franz Lehrndorfer, an internationally
esteemed interpreter of classical and modern organ literatures and
one of the few organists who still practices the traditional art of
improvisation. Since 1962, Franz Lehrndorfer has
been a professor at the Academy of Music in Munich where he heads
the Catholic Sacred Music Department. He has been the organist in
the Dome at Munich since 1969 and performs this recording on the new
organ which was built to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the
Dome.
tracklist
1 |
Praeludium und Fuge by Georg
Böhm |
4'29" |
2 |
Choralspiel »Nun komm,
der Heiden Heiland« BWV 659 by J.S. Bach |
5'15" |
3 |
Fuga sopra »Vom Himmel
hoch da komm' ich her« BWV 700 by J.S. Bach |
2'37" |
4 |
Choralspiel »Der Tag,
der isr so freudenreich« BWV 605 by J.S. Bach |
1'49" |
5 |
Choralspiel »In dulci
jubilo« BWV 608 by J.S. Bach |
1'20" |
6 |
Aria »Dein große
Lieb, o Jesulein« Thema mit sechs Variationen by Franz
Xaver Anton Murschhauser |
8'00" |
7 |
Pastorella by Placidus Metsch |
2'24" |
8 |
Pastorale by Theodor Grünberger |
4'54" |
9 |
Offertoire (Nr. 4) sur le Noel:
»Nuit sombre, ton ombre vaut les plus beaux jours«
by Alexandre Gulimant |
9'32" |
10 |
Choralvorspiel »Es ist
ein Ros entsprungen« Franz Lehrndorfer |
2'45" |
11 |
Choralvorspiel »O laufet,
ihr Hirten« by Franz Lehrndorfer |
1'45" |
12 |
Variationen über »O
du fröhliche« by Franz Lehrndorfer |
10'08" |
13 |
Choralvorspiel Op. 65, 2 »Aus
meines Herzens Grunde« (Pastorale) by Sigfrid Karg-Elert |
2'42" |
14 |
Freie Improvisation über
»In dulci jubilo« by Franz Lehrndorfer |
18'33" |
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Total Time: |
77'23" |
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